Washington -- The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that will examine a lower court’s flawed ruling in a design patent law case. The controversial decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit awarded Apple all of Samsung’s profits on several smartphone models as part of a [ More ... ]Read More

Washington – The Computer & Communications Industry Association filed an amicus brief Friday in support of Samsung’s recent petition to the U.S. Supreme Court. Samsung is asking the Supreme Court to reverse a controversial decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; that [ More ... ]Read More

Washington - The Supreme Court has a case that could give patent trolls even more tools and make a common defense -- a good faith belief of non-infringement -- irrelevant. The Computer & Communications Industry Association has filed a friend of the court brief in the Commil v. Cisco case, [ More ... ]Read More

Washington – The Supreme Court has reversed a case brought by the TV broadcast industry against an innovative Internet startup, Aereo. The case could have broad implications for Internet users’ cloud services from email to legal movie storage. Many companies rely on the legal underpinnings of [ More ... ]Read More

Washington - In a unanimous ruling the Supreme Court said today that searching an individual’s smartphone constitutes a search and police would need a warrant to check someone’s smartphone during an arrest.
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Washington - The Supreme Court issued its ruling today in a key case examining the patent eligibility of software. In a unanimous ruling the court offered some guidance on what an abstract idea is and said that implementing an abstract idea on a generic computer is not an invention eligible for a [ More ... ]Read More

Washington – Two patent Supreme Court rulings Tuesday could help sort out when the losing party should be responsible for paying the legal fees of the winner in patent lawsuits. The Supreme Court found that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which handles all patent appeals, was [ More ... ]Read More

CCIA's Ali Sternburg, camped out overnight at the Supreme Court this week to get a seat for oral arguments in the Aereo case. She filed this post for CCIA's Disruptive Companies (DisCo) blog on how the Justices appear to be focusing their attention after listening to questions and answers, [ More ... ]Read More

Washington – The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in a case that could impact the future of cloud computing and TV watching. The Aereo case could turn on how the justices interpret the definition of a public performance - whether Internet users transmitting content to themselves [ More ... ]Read More

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